Unauthorized Practice and Use of Title
Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (the "association") has a statutory duty under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act to protect the public interest by taking action to stop:
- Unauthorized practices of professional engineering and geoscience, and
- Unauthorized uses of restricted words, titles, and designations associated with the engineering and geoscience professions.
Public safety and the environment are at risk when unregulated persons provide engineering or geoscience services to the public, for the following reasons:
- Unregulated persons may not be qualified by training or experience to provide engineering and geoscience services in accordance with the appropriate standards in British Columbia,
- Unregulated persons are not bound by the Code of Ethics and the Quality Management Bylaw (Bylaw 14(b)), which requires, among other things, that association members retain complete project documentation for 10 years and that they follow checking procedures appropriate for the risks associated for each project,
- Unregulated persons do not have to submit to random practice reviews, or the complaint, investigation, and discipline processes provided by the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, and
- Unregulated persons are not required to notify their clients in writing of their insurance coverage before providing professional engineering or geoscience services, as association members are required to do under the Bylaws of the association (Bylaw 17).
To make a complaint about unauthorized practice or misuse of title,
please contact us by email at
[email protected] or by telephone at 604.430.4978.
The association will review all relevant information provided by complainants. Where evidence indicates that an individual or company has engaged in unauthorized practice or misuse of title, the association will take the necessary steps to bring the individual or company into compliance with the Engineers and Geoscientists Act. Usually, those individuals and companies will voluntarily comply with the association's demands. However, if noncompliance persists, the association has the statutory authority to commence a Court proceeding against the noncompliant individual or company and seek an injunction and exemplary damages.
For the purpose of alerting and educating the public, Engineers and Geoscientists BC publishes Court Orders that it obtains in unauthorized practice cases, and the settlement agreements that it obtains in serious cases that are settled without Court process.
Name |
Date |
Document |
Charles Price |
March 26, 2019 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Roy Johan van Ryswyk |
January 7, 2019 |
Consent Order |
Roy Johan van Ryswyk |
December 18, 2018 |
Contempt of Court Order |
Luke Moger |
March 6, 2018 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Francis Moul |
February 2, 2018 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Milan Balun |
October 10, 2017 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Brad Cook |
October 6, 2017 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Yogeshchandra Ramanlal Nathawad (2017) |
March 30, 2017 |
Consent Order |
Cerner Canada ULC |
September 8, 2016 |
Settlement Agreement |
Ivan Grgic |
June 20, 2016 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Gordon McKinlay |
Feburary 25, 2016 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Stephen James Burke |
Feburary 16, 2016 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Roy Johan van Ryswyk |
December 23, 2015 |
Injunction |
David Volkert |
November 2, 2015 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Alexander Don Cameron |
July 15, 2015 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Philip Cookson Buchanan |
April 10, 2015 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Yogeshchandra Ramanlal Nathawad (2015) |
March 13, 2015 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Iqbal Singh Mann |
March 10, 2015 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Bud Edgar |
June 27, 2014 |
Letter of Undertaking |
Amir Yashar Shoolestani |
June 2, 2010 |
Injunction |
Ken Dextras |
December 5, 2008 |
Injunction |
Sherman Yee |
September 30, 2008 |
Injunction |
Randy Hartford |
September 6, 2007 |
Injunction |
Richard G. (Rick) Jackson |
November 15, 2004 |
Injunction |